SpyTalk: October 24, 2010 - October 30, 2010

Italian prosecutor wants stiffer CIA kidnapping sentences

The CIA’s 2003 kidnapping of a suspected al-Qaeda operative is back in court, with the Milan prosecutor asking for stiffer sentences for all those convicted in the case and a reversal of the acquittal of three others. Last November, 23...

By Jeff Stein  | October 29, 2010; 12:15 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
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CIA renegade Agee’s files surface at NYU

The private papers of Philip Agee, the disaffected CIA operative whose unauthorized publication of agency secrets 35 years ago was arguably far more damaging than anything WikiLeaks has produced, have been obtained by New York University, which plans to make...

By Jeff Stein  | October 25, 2010; 5:30 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (6)
Categories:  Intelligence, Lawandcourts, Media  
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